Solar Stalker.I do this all of the time.
More of a Ground mount guy.My friend’s nearly new, almost totally south facing, completely non-solar paneled roof in Sisters, OR. I just want to get a ladder and start plunking down panels!!!
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Yup. I would not do a roof mount unless it was absolutely necessary.I just see a vast expanse of likely imperfection free multilayer roofing system, and it makes me wince to think about penetrating it. It's too late to properly incorporate penetrations into the multilayer system now, without likely creating imperfections.
Yup. Standing seam with penetration free clamps, maybe. But even then, I don't want to be trying to walk around and work on standing seam either.Yup. I would not do a roof mount unless it was absolutely necessary.
All that money for a new roof just to have it leak maybe.
Plus the added cost of RSD.
The PITA trying to troubleshoot.
Keeping the squirrels, birds,etc from building homes.
Possibly fire issues.
I just couldn’t do it..
Probably true. I just wouldn’t do it unless only option left.If you are surrounded by trees, a roof is your friend. Many good options to install without leaky roofs.
North facing orientations happens a bit in my neighborhood with larger installs after all the south, east and west areas are filled up. Small lots, perhaps 10k sq feet with no way to ground mount, gabled roofs, with not a lot of room for panels with a south facing orientation.How about looking at some people's choices of where their panels are and wonder what the heck they were thinking? Someone 10 min from me has his panels on his north facing roof. I'm sure it performs marvelously.
Except he has no other solar.North facing orientations happens a bit in my neighborhood with larger installs after all the south, east and west areas are filled up. Small lots, perhaps 10k sq feet with no way to ground mount, gabled roofs, with not a lot of room for panels with a south facing orientation.
Not as horrible idea as I first thought for AZ. We don't need the extra electricity in the winter so almost no production is fine then, and to cover two ACs in the summer, need around 7 kW of actual power to cover that before batteries are charged. Mini splits with a total of 14 heads is not that practical either, so central AC rules.
They probably moved here from Australia.How about looking at some people's choices of where their panels are and wonder what the heck they were thinking? Someone 10 min from me has his panels on his north facing roof. I'm sure it performs marvelously.
I think I annoy my wife everytime we drive to townMy friend’s nearly new, almost totally south facing, completely non-solar paneled roof in Sisters, OR. I just want to get a ladder and start plunking down panels!!!
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